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A fighter plane flying horizontally at an altitude of ` 1.5 km` with speed ` 720 kmh^(-1)` passes directly over head an anticraft gun.
At what angle from the vertical should the gun be fired from the shell with muzzle speed ` 600 ms^(-1)` to hit plane.
At what minimum altitude should the pilot fly the plane to avoid being hit ? ( Take g= 10 `ms^(-2)`).

A

`sin^(-1)((1)/(3))`

B

`sin^(-1)((2)/(3))`

C

`cos^(-1)((1)/(3))`

D

`cos^(-1)((2)/(3))`

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The correct Answer is:
A
Here,
Speed of the plane, `v=720kmh^(-1)=720xx(5)/(18)ms^(-1)`
`=200ms^(-1)`
Speed of the shell, `u=600ms^(-1)`
Let the shell hit the plane at L after time t if fired at an angle `theta` with the vertical from O.
For hitting, horizontal distance travelled by the plane = horizontal distance travelled by the shell. i.e., `vxxtusingthetaxxt`
`sintheta=(v)/(u)=(200ms^(-1))/(600ms^(-1))=(1)/(3)`
`theta=sin^(-1)((1)/(3))`
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